US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla , represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) , Wednesday appealed the dismissal of his lawsuit against government officials over his detention in a military prison....
California Governor Jerry Brown submitted a plan Tuesday to reduce the state's prison population by over 30,000 inmates to satisfy a court order to reduce prison overcrowding ....
Former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he was grossly negligent for failing to stop the nation's banking collapse during the 2008 financial crisis . Haarde vowed...
Egypt officially declared the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) legal Tuesday for the first time since the powerful political organization's inception nearly 80 years ago. An Egyptian elections commission approved the formation of the...
The US Senate Tuesday approved Donald Verrilli, Jr , as the next Solicitor General by a vote of 72-16 , taking the position left open since Elena Kagan was sworn in [JURIST...
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) prosecutor Serge Brammertz said that the arrest of accused Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic was "significant on many levels" but questioned...
The Nigeria Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested outgoing speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole Sunday on allegations of fraud. He is believed to have secured a...
Malaysian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim failed a third time Monday to remove the judge in his sodomy case. The charges against Anwar allege that he sodomized a former male...
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Board of Trustees of Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems that federal law does not automatically vest title of inventions from federally...
The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari in two cases. In Martinez v. Ryan , the court will decide whether a defendant has a right to effective assistance...
